Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

38 reviews

ash_ton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

WoW. When I started this book I didn’t know I would love it so much. It’s slow paced but you still can’t put it down. The characters are great, the political intrigues too. 
Maybe the romance could not have been there. But it’s not a big deal, it’s still good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide and Grief

nicnevin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found the book very interesting but some bits more interesting than others. Xiala and Serapio were my favourites tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

llyfrauginger's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

drinaiscold's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Murder

pinkhyxteria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, and Alcohol

clarabelitz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Grief

alouette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

god. this book made me emotional for sure, but not in all positive ways. some character decisions, especially near the end, just made me angry and felt like a regression. however! i can respect that the author sucked me so far in with their world-building and character's connections that me feeling so intensely about this was a product of fantastic writing. the imagery used to describe this colombian-inspired world was stunning, the magic and history of the world was fascinating, and the questions of morals were thought-provoking. i'm quite excited to see where the story goes from here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail